Dates of Action

The action must take place exclusively during the annual edition of the EWWR: in 2018, the EWWR takes place from 17-25 of November 2018 (inclusive).

However, the action may also showcase (or be the result of) actions that have taken place prior to EWWR.

Themes of actions

The actions implemented in the EWWR address the “3Rs”: Reduce waste, Reuse products, Recycle material. The “3Rs” represent the options which should be considered first when elaborating a waste management strategy.

Reduce: Strict avoidance & reduction at source: Raise awareness about the urgency of reducing the quantity of waste we produce by giving advice on how to avoid or reduce waste at source as well as promoting more sustainable consumer behaviour

Reuse: Preparing for reuse & reuse: Remind the participants that products can have a second life, encourage the repair and reuse of items, and promote the donation of products no longer needed

Recycle: Waste sorting & recycling: Help people to improve their waste sorting behaviour by explaining how to close the loop of material resources or organising visits to sorting and recycling facilities

Furthermore, Action Developers can propose clean-up activities as actions (seeLet’s Clean Up Europe!for our spring campaign). These actions aim to attract the attention of the public and media on the amount of waste that is littered in nature by collecting illegally dumped waste in forests, beaches, and other places.

Projects dealing entirely or partly with another theme than those mentioned above will be automatically refused. For example, actions related to ‘Waste to Energy’ are not accepted.

Annual Thematic Focus

Every edition of the European Week for Waste Reduction has its own Thematic Focus (formely known as Prevention Thematic Days). The Thematic Focus present a series of actions focusing on specific topics related to waste prevention. This will give a special emphasis on the first two Rs: Reduce and Reuse. The previous editions of the EWWR focused on the following topics: